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Dale Bentley
Copper Contributor
Oct 05, 2018

Outlook 365 Ribbon, etc

The ribbon on Outlook 365 looks different after a restart this morning. For example rather than a X (cross) for Delete it now a symbol of a rubbish bin. Also other symbols have changed on the ribbon ...
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Dale Bentley's avatar
Dale Bentley
Copper Contributor
Oct 06, 2018

Hey Chris, thanks for the reply. So do you know when did this particular feature get deployed, only saw it after an Outlook restart a few hours ago. Any details/link on this particular feature release? This doesn't really match up with what I am seeing: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/your-ribbon-icons-have-a-new-look-c6bc4cd8-d151-41d3-8276-fc7c9975eb79

 

It seems to impact many other areas too outside of ribbon bar like Send symbol for new email, etc. Seems to be a whole new theme of some description.

 

ChrisWebbTech wrote:
That’s the way office is going to look. You can’t really change it. Your only option is to turn back your release to a release that hasn’t brought these updates to it like current etc. see this post for registry to edit.

http://tomtalks.uk/2016/01/choose-office-2016-branch-local-group-policy/

 

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    wroot
    Silver Contributor
    Oct 06, 2018

    That's the blog post where i heard about Outlook redesign first time https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Outlook-Blog/Designed-for-Simplicity-User-experience-updates-to-Outlook-for/ba-p/241590

    But, for me it updated icons in whole Office (Excel and Word also) and my ribbon is not compact yet. Just a regular ribbon with new tabs animation and icons.

     

    I don't like the new design much either. Especially that it had slowed down my Office significantly (new animations are too slow). But that's Microsoft's decision and i don't think it will change. So installing older build is not an option, as you would have to go to the latest builds eventually to get security updates.

    • Dale Bentley's avatar
      Dale Bentley
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 06, 2018
      Do you know how to change the new ribbon bar to the single line/row ribbon - cannot see how to switch to this mode.
      wroot wrote:

      That's the blog post where i heard about Outlook redesign first time https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Outlook-Blog/Designed-for-Simplicity-User-experience-updates-to-Outlook-for/ba-p/241590

      But, for me it updated icons in whole Office (Excel and Word also) and my ribbon is not compact yet. Just a regular ribbon with new tabs animation and icons.

       

      I don't like the new design much either. Especially that it had slowed down my Office significantly (new animations are too slow). But that's Microsoft's decision and i don't think it will change. So installing older build is not an option, as you would have to go to the latest builds eventually to get security updates.

       

      • wroot's avatar
        wroot
        Silver Contributor
        Oct 06, 2018

        I don't know and i think this is not available yet.

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    jcgonzalezmartin
    MVP
    Oct 06, 2018
    Can you share a screenshot of what you see?
    • Mauricio Kieczka's avatar
      Mauricio Kieczka
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 07, 2018

      Hello Juan Carlos,

       

      I have exactly the same problem and I can provide you with a screenshot of the hideous new look my Outlook suddenly has.

       

       

      I am very bothered that I wans't asked about this change / update! I think the design is horrible and it is definitely ruining the whole office 365 experience for me.

       

      How can I undo the changes and go back to the previous UI ? These kind of undates should be optional.

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